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HowToUpgradeUbuntuUpgradeUsingApt-get

How to upgarde from edgy to feisty ?

  basil@basil:~$ sudo sed -e 's/\edgy/ feisty/g' -i /etc/apt/sources.list

  basil@basil:~$ vi /etc/apt/sources.list

  basil@basil:~$ sudo apt-get update

  Get:47 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Packages [7628B]                                                      
  Get:48 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Packages [148kB]                                                      
  Get:49 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages [3754kB]  


  basil@basil:~$sudo apt-get update

Upgrade using the following command

  basil@basil:~$sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

  basil@basil:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  Password:
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
  apache2-common human-gtk-theme libapache2-mod-python2.4 libvolumeid0 php5-mysqli python-apport-utils
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apache2.2-common avahi-autoipd command-not-found command-not-found-data compiz compiz-core compiz-gnome   
  946 upgraded, 137 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 786MB of archives.
  After unpacking 452MB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? 

  basil@basil:~$sudo apt-get -f install

  basil@basil:~$sudo dpkg --configure -a

Reboot and check using command cat /etc/lsb-release